Chapter 663: with translation of chapter title

Hearing the newborn's loud crying, Zheng Ren let out a breath.

He lay on the ground, not only was his view of the operating area limited, but he also couldn't see what Su Yun was doing.

The child is fine, this "Shou Bing" is already half successful.

"Fetal gender male, weight about 3500? g, Apgar score: 1 Minute? 9 points, estimated to reach? 10 points at 5 Minutes." Su Yun said behind Zheng Ren, especially professionally.

Zheng Ren hummed, then began to examine the incision site, seeing no laceration marks, and also took out the naturally detached placenta from delivery. Afterwards, he hesitated a bit.

At this point, oxytocin should be used to make the blood vessels contract and heal naturally.

But neither their squad nor the advance squad of the military hospital brought oxytocin.

Emergency rescue, medicines are definitely not complete.

What should we do next?

Zheng Ren hesitated for a few seconds, then picked up a piece of portable hemostatic gauze and stuffed it onto the surface where the placenta had detached.

Because the pregnant woman went into premature labor after being frightened, to some extent this counts as a premature placental detachment.

If it were in a hospital, bleeding could be stopped with interventional means; this kind of operation Zheng Ren is extremely familiar with.

But here, lacking medicine and medical personnel, Zheng Ren can only do a simple treatment first, then wait for the rescue helicopter to arrive.

Lacking an assistant aside, he can only handle it with one hand.

Not even having one hand counts; Zheng Ren damn can't even see the entire operating field.

Barely managing to suture the hemostatic gauze onto the wound surface, Zheng Ren really had no way.

"Little sister?" Zheng Ren said softly.

"Uncle... is that my brother?" the little girl curled up in a corner of the ruins, asking timidly.

"Yes, your brother is very brave; can you be as brave as he is?" Zheng Ren asked.

"Yes!" the little girl answered, her voice not loud nor firm. But to Zheng Ren, it was enough.

"There is a pair of scissors here; do you know what scissors are?"

"Uncle, I know, it's this." the little girl pointed to the Blunt Scissors on the sterile drape.

"Good, gently pick up this pair of scissors, be careful not to touch anything else."

"Exactly, just like that. You're doing very well, especially well."

After hearing Zheng Ren's encouragement, the little girl's courage seemed to increase a bit, and she picked up the scissors.

"Do you see this thread? Help uncle cut it." Zheng Ren said.

"Cut here?" the little girl opened the scissors, pointing from afar.

"Um..." cutting here would definitely leave a long thread end. However Zheng Ren thought, it doesn't matter; anyway, if the parturient can survive to Huaxi, she'll still need a second-stage operation. If she dies from infection-induced toxic shock, the length of the thread doesn't matter.

"Mm, exactly here, you're really brave and smart." Zheng Ren comforted the little girl.

"My mom said I'm the smartest kid in class." the little girl struggled to resist her Inner Mind fear, getting closer to Zheng Ren and closer to the knot.

The scissors trembled violently, almost unbearable to watch.

"Little sister, use both hands, don't shake too much. Uncle knows you're scared, but it's fine, uncle is here." Zheng Ren said.

The little girl obediently used both hands to hold the scissors; this time it indeed improved, the scissors no longer trembled so much.

The knot was cut, Zheng Ren let out a breath. There was no 1#0 trauma-free suture thread, only the simplest 4# thread.

But this isn't a problem; Zheng Ren placed the needle holder on the sterile drape, with one hand threaded the 4# thread through the needle eye, then skillfully held it in reverse in the tip of the needle holder, gripping it in his hand.

He performed a full-layer continuous suture of the uterine incision, continuous suture of the bladder peritoneal fold, and the little girl's action of cutting the thread also became much more skilled.

Checking for no active bleeding, this is just a habit. Although it's not important in the current situation, Zheng Ren still subconsciously did it. He struggled to find a sliver of view from the narrow gap, and Zheng Ren saw a corner of the incision.

The injury is minor; as long as it's dealt with in the second stage, it will be fine.

Layer by layer closing the abdomen, still using 4# thread to continuously suture the abdominal incision; after the little girl cut the thread, Zheng Ren finally laughed.

"Little sister, you did very well." Zheng Ren praised.

"Mm!" the little girl responded, full of pride.

"Next, you open this. Around it is adhesive tape; stick the white middle part onto your mother's incision." Zheng Ren instructed.

The little girl became increasingly confident and perfect. Although she is small, in this situation her small stature is actually an advantage.

She skillfully followed Zheng Ren's instructions to place the wound dressing over the incision; Zheng Ren touched her head and smiled, saying: "Really good, you wait here a moment, the uncles will soon rescue you."

The little girl laughed, innocent and carefree.

Zheng Ren pulled his hand back; Vein return was obstructed, the Arteries on the back of his hand and arm bulged like crawling creatures. The back of his hand had turned purplish-red, sore, numb, swollen, with all kinds of sensations.

After moving his numb arm a bit, Zheng Ren saw Su Yun holding the child, with several exhausted figures gathered around.

In less than 24 hours, these people who rushed into the disaster zone firsthand witnessed too many horrific scenes, too many human Tragedies.

These were like layers of gloom, shrouding everyone's hearts.

Having seen them, they had become numb.

At first, the corpses dug out from the ruins were carried by two people to flat ground. Later, one person carried them away.

It wasn't disrespect; everyone had just become numb.

Lacking supplies, waiting for rescue, each Minute and each second felt like a year.

The entire rescue crew remained almost silent, until a tender, clear cry echoed in the ruins.

"Find someone to look after, don't be lazy holding the child." Zheng Ren said very directly.

"Hey, don't you think this is a newborn, this is hope?" Su Yun said.

"Yes, this is hope. Su Yun, if you seize the time, you might be able to save another person." Zheng Ren began searching in the ruins, following the faint cries for help.

Su Yun handed the newborn to a female medical student nearby, muttering something about not understanding romance, and also began searching.

The search and rescue work was extremely arduous.

No tools, no large number of personnel.

Doctors, soldiers, and able-bodied survivors at the scene were digging with their hands, fingers bloody, and some could already see numerous white Bone.

After bandaging, the gauze was quickly worn thin.

Flesh and gauze threads were mixed together, the flesh blurred.

But no one gave up; the rescue work continued arduously, and everyone's hearts were hoping for other teams, hoping for the arrival of rescue helicopters.

At this moment, only the arrival of helicopters would mean the wounded could be evacuated from this deadly place, meaning new rescue and medical supplies would be brought in.

But looking up, one could see clouds and mist filling the sky and fine rain threads.

Under these circumstances, can rescue helicopters come?

People's thoughts were all negative, yet no one spoke.

Longing, hope—as long as they exist, they can sustain people step by step.